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package com.google.api.client.http;

import java.io.IOException;

/** Parses an HTTP response into an entity object. */
public interface HttpParser {

  /** Returns the content type. */
  String getContentType();

  /**
   * Parses the given HTTP response into a new instance of the the given entity
   * class.
   * <p>
   * How the parsing is performed is not restricted by this interface, and is
   * instead defined by the concrete implementation. Implementations should
   * check {@link HttpResponse#isSuccessStatusCode()} to know whether they are
   * parsing a success or error response.
   */
  <T> T parse(HttpResponse response, Class<T> entityClass) throws IOException;
}
